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a large, domed rock formation

Geologists find solid evidence of ancient ‘snowball Earth’

By Laura Baisas

Artist impression of a large asteroid impacting on Earth such as the Chicxulub event that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66 million years ago. The illustration shows an asteroid impacting at Chicxulub. Shown in the background are planet Mars and asteroid bodies.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid likely came from deep space beyond Jupiter

Woman singing in studio microphone

You can (probably) sing better than you think

Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1871.

‘The sun has been eaten’: A brief history of solar eclipses

By Briley Lewis

Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the seafloor at Beagle Marine Park.

Watch a huge ‘No Boys Allowed’ shark slumber party

By Laura Baisas

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

By Laura Baisas

Columbian mammoth tusk fossil in creek

Man finds gigantic mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek

An old ink drawing of Sweden’s Forsa Ring with the runic inscription.

Even Vikings had to pay fines

By Laura Baisas

The device, which is about the size of a stick of gum, can be implanted under the skin, where it monitors heart rate, breathing rate, and other vital signs. When it determines that an overdose has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone.

First-of-its-kind implant detects and treats opioid overdoses

stonehenge. these large neolithic standing stones are arranged in a circle

Geologists crack a major Stonehenge mystery

By Laura Baisas

Roach sprays don’t work

By Lauren Leffer

Specimen photographed with autofluorescence under confocal microscope at 639 nm; different colors indicate z-depth, with violet to red gradient representing the shallowest to deepest planes, respectively.

Extremely rare tardigrade fossils seen in unprecedented detail

In Scandinavia, early people adorned rocks with thousands of images of boats.

Scandinavia’s missing Bronze-Age boatyards

By Richard Kemeny / Hakai Magazine

Closeup of a young woman sticking out her tongue.

AI tongue scanner can diagnose illnesses with 96 percent accuracy

Odyssey’s THEMIS view the horizon of Mars.

Ultrasonic tools could one day track wind speeds on Mars

a spotted cat walks through a mountain region at night

Rare, endangered ocelot caught on camera

By Laura Baisas

The Darvaza Gas Crater is actually man-made: in the 1970s, Soviet engineers were doing gas explorations in the area, and made a whole mass of land sink in to reveal Darvaza. They subsequently set the sinkhole on fire - it has been burning to this day and remains a major tourist attraction.

Earth is covered in ‘Gates of Hell’

By Lauren Leffer

Using rodenticides is projected to increase and may be contributing to declines in many carnivore species around the world.

Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world

By Meghan P. Keating / The Conversation

Ontocetus posti has post-canine teeth, a larger lower canine, and a fused and short mandibular symphysis.

New species of extinct walrus discovered

By Laura Baisas

Starship test launch in 2021

SpaceX accused of dumping polluted Starship wastewater in Texas for years

NASA's InSight Mars lander acquired this image of the area in front of the lander using its lander-mounted, Instrument Context Camera (ICC).

NASA data suggests there’s liquid water deep beneath Mars’ surface

Illustration of Enalioetes head

This ancient crocodile looked kind of like a dolphin

children's hands typing on a laptop

How to block websites on your home network

Ancient star, but not one of the first: One of the oldest known stars ever observed is a subgiant star in the Milky Way, just 190 light-years from Earth. The star, known as HD 140283 or the Methuselah star, appears to be almost as old as the universe. However, we know it is not one of the first stars because of it contains metals that must have formed in the core or during the explosion of even earlier stars.

Space Telescope

The hunt for the first stars in the universe

By Briley Lewis

'The field is evolving in a lot of ways.'

New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars

By John Johnson Jr. / Knowable Magazine

Modern laptop flat lay yellow background.

7 tips to make the most of using a VPN

Closeup of broken eyeglasses with damaged colored lens surrounded by different lenses on table in optical shop. Replacement of glasses lens. Glasses service and repair concept

Don’t throw away your old sunglasses

By Debbie Wolfe

screenshot of proton docs

Proton Docs vs Google Docs: Should you switch?

Colorful atlantic puffin sitting on a cliff

In Iceland, humans throwing baby puffins is a good thing

By Alisha McDarris

Chrysalis attached to tree branch with silk

Butterflies anchor cocoons with silk Velcro and seat-belts

Applying the logic of chatbot conversations to humans could make a person awkward, impatient, or just plain rude.

Researchers worry about AI turning humans into jerks

By Mack DeGeurin

Concept art of timber skyscraper in Milwaukee

Milwaukee wants to build the world’s tallest timber skyscraper (again)

The central region of a spiral galaxy. Its core is a small bright point radiating bright, bluish-white light over the scene. The white light is diffuse and many point-like stars in the galaxy (and even background galaxies) can be seen through it. The galaxy’s arms can be seen as broad, swirling streaks of glowing gas and dust, coloured red and orange. Two additional arms are revealed in green

You’ve never seen a prettier radiation-spewing supermassive black hole

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a burmese python.

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge begins

By Laura Baisas

vinyl records in a pile next to a record player

Why records are better than CDs in the streaming age

SpaceX is seeking approval to expand its Starlink constellation to 40,000 satellites.

‘What goes up, must come down:’ Junk satellites are a looming hazard

By Mack DeGeurin

a long grey sediment core taken from the earth's mantle

Longest rocks ever recovered from Earth’s mantle

By Laura Baisas

Human playing against Google DeepMind ping pong robot

Watch Google’s ping pong robot beat humans at their own game

Illustration of two astronauts on Mars

Scientists think atmospheric ‘glitter’ can warm Mars over 50 degrees

a lemur in an enclosure stares into a takeout container

Lemurs use smell, social cues, and superior memories to find treats

By Laura Baisas

young girl using phone at night in bed

Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help

By Daniel Chang / KFF Health News

A sample location from the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE), Square 03 in the starboard Maintenance Work Area of the International Space Station. An open crew berth is visible at right. The yellow dotted line indicates the boundaries of the sample area.

Astronauts conduct the first archeological study in space

A deceased blue tit is being held in a womans hand

More than a billion birds could be dying from flying into buildings each year in US

By Lauren Leffer

China's Shenlong space plane blurry image taken by telescopic camera.

China’s super-secret space plane spotted above Europe

four different types of corn. one is long and yellow, the other is shorter and yellow. the other two are shorter and black

Love corn? Thank interbreeding

By Laura Baisas

The newly discovered Paragonaster hoeimaruae. There are many types of starfish and this one is particularly adapted to living in sandy, muddy waters, a feature the researchers want to learn more about.

New, vibrant starfish discovered in Japan

By Laura Baisas

two sea lions swim in blue water, with their heads above the water

Sea lion camera crews help scientists map unexplored seabeds

By Laura Baisas

Video still of Figure 02 humanoid robot looking at hand

Figure says its new humanoid robot can chat and learn from its mistakes

an SUV rolls down an assembly line with people inspecting it

Electric Vehicles

How Rivian reduced electrical wiring by 1.6 miles and 44 pounds

By Kristin Shaw

human bones belonging to an small, extinct, early human secies

New ‘Hobbit’ fossils discovered on Indonesia’s Flores island

By Laura Baisas

On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web

On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web

By Bill Gourgey

The Third Avenue Bridge, which was built in 1898 and crosses the Harlem River between the Bronx and Manhattan, is reportedly stuck open due to the high temperatures on Monday, July 8, 2024 in New York, United States.

Stuck bridges, buckling roads−extreme heat is wreaking havoc on America’s aging infrastructure

By Suyun Paul Ham / The Conversation

Pyramid of Djoser with camel

Egypt’s oldest pyramid may have been built using a hydraulic lift

two ancient gold coins with the image of an archer carved into them

Archeologists uncover hoard of gold coins linked to ancient mercenaries

By Laura Baisas

Neuralink N1 Device breakdown component illustration

39% of electrodes work after second ‘successful’ human Neuralink implant

Pouring cooking oil from bottle into frying pan, closeup

What science actually says about seed oils

By Lauren Leffer

a sculpture of a man hunched over leaning on a balled fist called 'the thinker'

Study confirms that thinking hard is unpleasant

By Laura Baisas

The agency’s decision of MDMA could slow down the timelines of getting psychedelics to market as other potential treatments, including psilocybin and ketamine, are likely to face similar regulatory challenges.

How the FDA could shape the future of psychedelics research

By Joshua Cohen / Undark

text says 'ancient iphone' over a calculator-type gadget

The terrible Radio Shack computer that became your phone

By Popular Science Team

bee on dandelion

Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

By Katarina Zimmer / Knowable Magazine

a red hovercraft vehicle sits on the mud with two occupants in the cabin

Teacher spends 1800 hours building the hovercraft of his childhood dreams

By Keith Wagstaff

a red aurora along with the stars of the milky way over mountains

19 magnificent images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist

By Popular Science Team

a TV with actor ryan gosling on it. the setting is a living room with back to the future posters on the wall

How to calibrate a TV: Fix color, brightness, sharpness, and more

By Nicholas Ware

Two black morels in spring are well camouflaged on the forest floor

How to start forest farming: Grow delicious food in the woods

By Alisha McDarris